The four LM P2 chassis constructors chosen by the ACO/FIA for 2017 are Dallara, Onroak Automotive, Oreca and Riley Tech/Multimatic.

Mon. 29.06.2015 / 21h41

Our dear friend, colleague and fellow racing fan Gustav Büsing has passed away at the age of 72. LeMansLive extends its condolances to his friends and family.

Tue. 23.06.2015 / 15h09

6 Hours of the Nürburgring (WEC): an entry of 34 cars is expected to attend Round 4 of the 2015 FIA WEC in Germany on August 30.

Sun. 14.06.2015 / 16h06

Porsche Team has returned to its former winning ways at Le Mans. Nico Hülkenberg (DE), Earl Bamber (NZ) and Nick Tandy (GB) steered their N°19 Michelin-equipped 919 Hybrid to an emphatic victory, while the N°17 sister car made it a one-two success for the German make. The result breaks Audi’s recent sequence of five wins but the Ingolstadt firm was part of the podium celebrations thanks to third place. There were class wins for Corvette/Michelin (LM GTE Pro), Ferrari/Michelin (Am) and KCMG (LM P2).

Wed. 10.06.2015 / 09h46

It's a grey day at Le Mans and quite chilly this morning (12°C). Free practice will run from 4pm to 8pm, followed by Qualifying 1 (10pm-midnight). Before then there's a busy programme of press conferences...

Tue. 09.06.2015 / 18h24

Just as there was for yesterday's scrutineering formalities in the centre of Le Mans, there is a big crowd in the pit lane at the moment for the drivers' autograph signing session...

Fri. 05.06.2015 / 11h05

France's GT Academy game winner is to stand in for Bjorn Wirdheim alongside Jon Lancaster and Gary Hirsch in the N°41 Gibson-Nissan (Greaves Motorsport) at Le Mans.

Thu. 04.06.2015 / 09h03

French President François Hollande, his Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and his Agriculture Minister Stéphane Le Foll are expected to attend the start of the 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours.

Wed. 03.06.2015 / 14h10

Following his short run at Sunday's pre-Le Mans Test Day, Kazuki Nakajima has been declared fit to contest the 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours in the N°1 Toyota TS040 Hybrid.

Tue. 02.06.2015 / 11h01

A number of teams are lapping at the short Le Mans-Bugatti track today. Their numbers include Audi Sport, Porsche Team, Toyota Racing, Nissan Motorsports, Rebellion Racing, SMP Racing and OAK Racing.

Mon. 01.06.2015 / 09h34

Bill Ford, Executive Chairman of Motor Company and grandson of Henry Ford will be the honorary starter of the 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours. The race's nine(time winner Tom Kristensen has been named Grand Marshal and former Toyota Racing President Yoshiaki Kinoshita will be awarded the Spirit of Le Mans Trophy.

Sat. 30.05.2015 / 13h46

A month after his big accident at Spa, Kazuki Nakajima has been given a green light to drive the Toyota TS040 Hybrid at tomorrow's pre-Le Mans Test day (Sunday).

Fri. 29.05.2015 / 12h34

Scrutineering for the 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours began this morning. The first cars to be checked were the new Rebellion R-Ones and Nissan GT-R LM Nismos, as well as the Proton and AAI Porsches. The day will end with the Audi R18 e-tron quattros.

Thu. 21.05.2015 / 12h10

The new Rebellion R-One AER is making its track debut at Le Castellet, France.

Sun. 17.05.2015 / 12h18

4 Hours of Imola (ELMS): Jota Sport will start the Italian race from pole position for the third straight year thanks to a lap of 1m34.496s by Filipe Albuquerque (N°38 Gibson-Nissan). The Murphy Prototypes Oreca03-Nissan will also be on the front row, ahead of Greaves Motorsport's Gibson-Nissan and Pegasus Racing's Morgan-Nissan/Michelin. The 4 Hours of Imola is due to start at 2pm local time.

Tue. 12.05.2015 / 15h45

Portugal's Tiago Monteiro will team up with Simon Trummer and Pierre Kaffer in ByKolles Racing's CLMP1/01 prototype for this year's Le Mans 24 Hours.

Mon. 11.05.2015 / 11h25

Last Saturday's Monaco Formula E ePrix was won by Sébastien Buemi but the championship is still topped by Lucas di Grassi. After sustaining a back injury at Spa, Kazuki Nakajima was in Monaco to cheer on his WEC comrades. He looked fit, but will he have recovered sufficently in time for mid-June's Le Mans 24 Hours?

The Avener (the FIA WEC's official music ambassador) will not be appearing at Le Mans this year. Instead, the bill for three nights will feature acts Jabberwocky, Cali and Charlie Winston in association with RTL2 Pop-Rock Live.

Tue. 05.05.2015 / 09h38

Round 2 of the 2015 Super GT series was won by the Motul Autech Nissan GT-R/Michelin of Quintarelli/Matsuda.

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 21h06

Thank you for following the 2015 6 Hours of Spa with LeMansLive. Next stop is the Le Mans 24 Hours in June!

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 20h37

LM P2 winner was the N°38 Gibson-Nissan (Jota Sport)

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 20h36

The timing screen says "Car 7 reported to stewards for violation of instruction in briefing"...

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 20h34

Aston Martin victorious in LM GTE Pro (N°99 car) and in LM GTE Am (N°98 car). Porsches N°92 and N°91 second and third in LM GTE Pro, as in LM P1!

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 20h31

Victory at Spa-Francorchamps for the N°7 Audi/Michelin (Fässler/Tréluyer/Lotterer), joined on the podium by the N°18 and N°17 Porsches. That's the car's second straight WEC success in three weeks after Silverstone.

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 20h17

After investigation, the N°51 Ferrari has been handed a one-minute stop&go penalty for its earlier pit stop infringement. ASton Martin 99 is almost certain of the LM GTE Pro victory.

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 20h16

Bruni (Ferrari 51) is less than a second off the LM GTE Pro lead which is being defended by Rees (Aston Martin 99)

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 20h09

The decisive moment? The N°7 Audi pits from the lead. No tyres and Tréluyer stays in the car.It re-joins in front! The gap is 12 seconds with 20 minutes remaining

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 19h53

Jani pits the N°18 POrsche from the lead. Fuel only. What will Audi 7 do?

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 19h49

The N°18 POrsche regains the lead as it passes the N°7 Audi with ease along Kemmel on Lap 156...

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 19h46

The last pit stop of Ferrari 51 is "under investigation"

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 19h44

The gap between Audi 7 and Porsche 18 is down to less than two seconds...

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 19h43

Did we say that the N°99 Aston Martin was back in front in LM GTE Pro after a much shorter fifth pit stop than the N°51 Ferrari?

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 19h34

In LM P1, it's Porsche's turn to do the hunting as Jani has closed the gap between the N°18 919 Hybrid to the leading N°7 Audi from 15s to 6s

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 19h30

For the first time since the start, there isn't an Aston Martin in front in LM GTE Pro. Bruni has passed the N°99 Aston Martin to put the N°51 Ferrari in the class lead with exactly one hour remaining.

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 19h21

The N°7 Audi pits from the lead. Tréluyer stays in the car and there are no new tyres. It's the car's second double stint. Tréluyer re-joins in front, 15s clear of the N°18 Porsche.

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 19h04

Next time round, The N°18 POrsche pits. Fresh tyres go on and Jani replaces Lieb. The gap is up to more than a minute...

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 19h00

Some virile battling between the Audi 7 and the Porsche 18. The Audi goes past once but the Porsche recovers first place along Kemmel. Before Lap 131 is over, however, the Audi gets through... Audi is back in front

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 18h54

The N°71 Ferrari, which has been in the chase in LM GTE Pro since the start, has been given a 5-second stop&go penalty (crossed pit entry line)

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 18h52

The gap between the leading N°18 POrsche and the chasing N°7 Audi has come down to just3 seconds. Reminder: the Porsche is on its second stint with the same tyres and the Audi is on fresh rubber...

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 18h32

Correction. The N°18 Porsche has resumed the lead as the N°7 Audi pits (this time it takes tyres). Next time round, the Porsche 18 pits but doesn't take tyres. It can re-join in the lead again....

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 18h30

The fight for the lead between the N°7 Audi and the N°18 Porsche is keeping the spectators entertained. The Porsche goes wide at one stage. The gap is up to 6s as a result.

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 18h29

The N°92 Porsche takes a drive-through penalty for "abusing track limits". It was 3rd in LM GTE Pro

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 18h17

The N°1 Toyota re-joins after spending 16 minutes in its garage. It re-joins in 15th place...

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 18h12

The gap between the race-leading N°7 Audi and the chasing N°18 Porsche is down to nothing...

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 18h09

ECU change confirmed for the N°8 Audi...

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 18h01

The N°1 Toyota is back in its garage...

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 17h57

The N°1 Toyota has re-joined after its throttle change but is at slow speed on the track...

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 17h52

The N°7 didn't change tyres at its fourth stop and consequently re-joined in the lead, 10s clear of the N°18 Porsche (which will have to do a double stint later). The N°17 Porsche is third.

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 17h51

Audi 8 stopped for a CRT/ALT/DEL after reporting that power was up-and-down. Toyota 1 is having its throttle pedal changed.

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 17h43

Audi 8 spent a little time in its garage for work. The N°17 Porsche has recovered third place. It's now Porsche 18, Audi 7, Porsche 17, Toyota 1.

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 17h38

The N°17 POrsche has recovered from its earlier problems to appear in 4th place. Porsche 18 leads at the midway point, ahead of Audis 7 and 8. Toyotas 2 and 1 are 5th and 6th.

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 17h02

Just after losing the LM GTE Am lead, the N°50 Corvette has spun off backwards into the tyre wall at Turn 15. Second in the class is now the N°72 Ferrari

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 17h00

The N°98 Aston Martin has recovered the lead in LM GTE Am after passing the N°50 Corvette. Astons are running first and second in LM GTE Pro, too.

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 16h58

The organisers quote a crowd of 54,000 at Spa-Francorchamps. If my memory serves me correctly, that's 20% up on 2014!

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 16h43

Audi 9 pits and is pushed into its garage to have the left-hand door replaced after the window broke about 20 minutes ago...

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 16h31

Sarrazin has passed Bonanomi (Audi9) to put the Toyota2 in fourth place.

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 16h17

There's a leader change in LMP2 as Gibson 38 passes the Ligier 26...

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 16h16

The reeason for the N°17 POrsche's delay was 'rear suspension'.

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 16h07

The Porsche 17 pits but is pushed into garage. Work continues a long time and all the front-running LMP1 cars go through. Order now is Porsche18, Audi 7, Audi 8, Audi 9, Toyota 2, Toyota 1... as Porsche 18 rejoins in 7th place , one lap behind!

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 16h04

The race -leading Porsche 18 and Audi 8 (2nd) pit to put the Porsche 17 back in front, but a pit stop to make...

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 16h03

Audi 7 pits for second time from fourth place...

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 16h03

Also in pits for the second time are the Toyota 2 and Audi 9...

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 15h58

The N°8 Audi has just gone past the N°7 Audi to take 3rd place, just behind the N°17 POrsche.

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 15h55

The N°17 POrsche complies with penalty and pits for stop&go at end of Lap 42. It spends 42 seconds in pits in all. Jani goes ahead in the Porsche18, but Porsche 17 Holds second place, just ahead of Audi 7

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 15h51

The N°17 race-leading Porsche has been handed a 15s stop&go penalty for its earlier overshoot at chicane which, says Race Control, put marshals into danger...

The N°47 Oreca05-Nissan which came second in LMP2 qualifying will start from pit lane because of a technical infringement...

Sat. 02.05.2015 / 14h17

Welcome to Spa-Francorchamps for coverage of the 2015 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
Five minutes to go until the start of the two formation laps. It's a bright day in the Belgian Ardennes but not as sunny as this morning...

Mon. 20.04.2015 / 17h57

Last week, Audi covered 6,500km in the course of an endurance test at Le Castellet, France, with the car in its Le Mans spec. All nine drivers were on duty.

Mon. 20.04.2015 / 13h43

The 2015/2016 Asian Le Mans Series calendar will feature four races: Fuji (2 hours, October 10), Shanghai (1 hour 20 minutes, October 31), Burriam (3 hours, January 10) and Sepang (3 hours, January 24). Invitations will be extended to three teams to take part in the 2016 Le Mans 24 Hours.

Fri. 17.04.2015 / 18h22

Spa (WEC): 34 cars are expected to show for Belgium's 6 Hours of Spa on May2.

Tue. 14.04.2015 / 12h37

Owing to a date clash with the TUSCC round at Laguna Seca, California, Porsche Team Manthey will run revised driver line-ups for Belgium's 6 Hours of Spa. Fred Makowiecki and Richard Lietz will share the N°92 Porsche 911 RSR, while Sven Muller and Kevin Estre will be in the N°91 car.

Sun. 12.04.2015 / 19h39

Audi Sport Team Joest bounced back from a difficult 2014 season to win the 6 Hours of Silverstone thanks to a sure-footed performance by Fässler/Lotterer/Tréluyer in the N°7 car. Porsche (2nd) and Toyota (3rd) made it three different makes on the podium after an exciting finish. G-Drive Racing (Ligier), AF Corse (Ferrari/Michelin) and Aston Martin Racing/Michelin collected the spoils in LMP2, LMGTE Pro and LMGTE Am.

Sun. 12.04.2015 / 13h06

Toyota 1 has inherited 3rd after Audi 8's failed attempt to pass the Porsche 18 into second spot.

Sun. 12.04.2015 / 13h03

A fast sector time for Tréluyer, so Audi 7 is okay... The N°47 Oreca has leapt into the lead in LMP2

Sun. 12.04.2015 / 13h01

Porsche 18 team manager's presence is requested at Race Control 'immediately'

Di Grassi has recovered fifth overall in Audi 8. Wurz is now sixth in Toyota 2. In LM GTE Pro, the Porsche 91 has split the Aston Martins by going third in class.

Sun. 12.04.2015 / 12h21

Webber's lead in Porsche 17 is up to 4s after Lap 11 over Porsche 18 (Dumas). The chasers are four seconds further back (Toyota 1, Audi 7, Toyota 2, Audi 8). The ByKolles prototype is having its floor changed

Sun. 12.04.2015 / 12h16

Ligier 28 has passed Oreca 47 into second place in LMP2. The Alpine 36 is fourth.

Sun. 12.04.2015 / 12h15

The Ligier 26 has moved into the LMP2 lead, while the 88 Porsche has taken the lead in LM GTE Am

Sun. 12.04.2015 / 12h13

Tréluyer's fastest race lap establishes new record at 1m41.747s. Di Grassi has fallen back to sixth, but the N°4 ByKolles car has been off the track and is in its pits with underbody damage

Sun. 12.04.2015 / 12h13

The two Porsches have pulled more than six seconds clear (17, then 18). Next come Toyota 1, Audi 7, Toyota 2 and Audi 8.

Sun. 12.04.2015 / 12h10

Tréluyer posts fastest race lap as he moves into fifth place. The top four covered by three seconds!

Sun. 12.04.2015 / 12h09

There was an order change in LM GTE Pro at the start. The Aston Martin 97 went second in class ahead of the similar N°99 car

Sun. 12.04.2015 / 12h08

The Toyota 2 (Wurz) is under pressure from Audi 7 (Tréluyer) in battle for 5th.

Sun. 12.04.2015 / 12h01

The race has started with a clean start for everyone, except for the N°42 Strakka which went straight on at the end of the first straight. Porsche are still first and second, but Audi 7 has fallen to 10th...

There is a strong wind blowing at Silverstone. The grid girls for the earlier Formula 3 race had big problems holding the car number boards - which are quite small - before the start!

Sun. 12.04.2015 / 11h40

Welcome to sunny England for the 6 Hours of Silverstone, opening round of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship. The 29 cars are all lined up on the straight along the pit wall, Le Mans style, with the team members standing in a line alongside, as God save the Queen is sung.

Thu. 09.04.2015 / 07h57

There will only be 29 cars for Round 1 of the 2015 FIA WEC. Sard-Morand has withdrawn its two LM P2 Morgan Evos for legal and administrative reasons.

GT3 cars have been re-authorised to race at the Nürburgring's Nordschleife but their top speed will be capped at 200kph through certain portions of the German circuit, including Flugplatze which was the scene of an accident at the first round of the 2015 VLN.

Tue. 31.03.2015 / 10h24

In addition to his factory FIA WEC programme with Nissan Motorsport, Britain's Harry Tincknell will contest the 2015 ELMS for Jota Sport.

Mon. 30.03.2015 / 10h08

Following a tragic accident at Round 1 of the 2015 VLN, GT3 and GT4 cars have been banned from the Nordschleife until further notice. Jann Mardenborough's Nissan GT-R went airborne through Flugplatze and landed in a spectator area, killing one person and injuring several others.

Wed. 25.03.2015 / 10h33

Rebellion Racing has released the names of its drivers for the 2015 FIA WEC. The N°12 R-One will be shared by the same trio as 2014, namely Nicolas Prost, Nick Heidfeld and Mathias Beche. The N°13 car will see Dominik Kraihamer joined by new recruits Alex Imperatori and Daniel Abt.

Wed. 25.03.2015 / 10h03

ELMS (Prologue, Le Castellet, France), Day 2: The morning's session was topped by the new Oreca05-Nissan (TDS Racing, Tristan Gommendy). Fastest in the afternoon was Algarve Pro Racing's Ligier JS P2 (Andrea Roda). The best overall time of the 2015 ELMS Prologue was the work of Murphy Prototypes' Nathanaël Berthon (1m48.155s, Oreca03-Nissan).

Tue. 24.03.2015 / 10h46

Nicolas Lapierre is to make his WEC comeback as team-mate to Matt Howson and Richard Bradley in KCMG's ORECA05-Nissan prototype at the 6 Hours of Spa and at Le Mans. The Frenchman will also attend this weekend's pre-season Prologue at Le Castellet, France.

Mike Rockenfeller, who won Le Mans in 2010 and who has raced for Audi in the DTM since his accident in La Sarthe in 2011, has been named Audi's reserve driver for the make's endurance racing programme, instead of Marc Gené.

Thu. 12.03.2015 / 16h56

Denmark's Kristian Poulsen, last year's LM GTE Am champion with Aston Martin Racing, has signed to race for Larbre Compétition in this year's FIA WEC. He will share the N°50 Corvette C7.R with Italians Paolo Ruberti and Gianluca Roda.

Tue. 10.03.2015 / 11h44

The FIA WEC has signed a contract with Capricorn, which manages the Nürburgring, for the organisation of the 6 Hours of the Nürburgring. The race will take place round the grand prix circuit on August 30, 2015.

Audi and Nissan both have a long test at Sebring, Florida, this week ahead of the official WEC Prologue at Le Castellet, France, in three weeks' time.

Wed. 25.02.2015 / 14h06

Factory Porsche driver Nick Tandy will contest six of the 2015 FIA WEC's eight races with KCMG. He will share the team's new Oreca05 with Matthew Howson and Richard Bradley. At Spa and Le Mans, he will share the third Porsche 919 Hybrid prototype with Nico Hulkenberg and Earl Bamber.

Wed. 25.02.2015 / 10h40

Gérard Ducarouge has died of a long illness. The Frenchman took three straight wins at Le Mans (1972, 1973 and 1974) and helped Matra Sports to two Manufacturers' world titles. The talented engineer then worked in F1 at Ligier, Alfa-Romeo and Lotus where he played a part in the coming to fame of Ayrton Senna...

Thu. 12.02.2015 / 10h47

Nissan has added Jan Mardenborough, Lucas Ordonez and Michael Krumm to its driver line-up for its 2015 LM P1 programme.

Fri. 06.02.2015 / 09h17

The ACO and the FIA have revealed the names of the teams that have been invited to contest this year's Le Mans 24 Hours, as well as the entry lists for the 2015 FIA WEC (35 cars) and ELMS (34 cars).

Wed. 04.02.2015 / 08h39

Rebellion R-One has changed engine supplier and its prototype will now be powered by an AER bi-turbo V6. As a result, the Swiss team will miss the WEC Prologue test at Le Castellet and the 6 Hours of Silverstone.

Wed. 24.12.2014 / 16h42

Everyone at LeMansLive.com wishes you a very Happy Christmas!

Tue. 16.12.2014 / 16h11

The ACO and FIA will hold a joint pre-season press conference on February 5 to announce the entry lists for the 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours, FIA WEC and ELMS.

Tue. 16.12.2014 / 10h25

The recently-retired Tom Kristensen won last weekend's ROC Nations Cup in Barbados with Petter Solberg (Team Nordic). David Coulthard was declared Champion of Champions

Mon. 15.12.2014 / 19h07

The 2015 version of the Porsche 919 Hybrid has lapped for the first time at Porsche's private facility in Weissach, with Marc Lieb at the wheel.

Sun. 14.12.2014 / 11h07

AF Corse wrapped up its 2014 campaign with victory on the 12 Hours of Abu Dhabi. The Ferrari 458 GT3 of Rigon/Rugolo/Wyatt finished ahead of the Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS of Schneider/Al Qubaisi/Bleekemolen and the new McLaren 650S GT3 (Estre/Bell/Parente).

Fri. 12.12.2014 / 11h46

Former cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy will take part in the 2015 ELMS. The Briton will drive a Ginetta-Nissan LMP3 prototype in Nissan-Nismo colours.

After Greaves Motorsport's announcement that it will run a Ginetta-Juno in the 2015 WEC, Las Motorsport has decided to build an LM P3 prototype to contest the ELMS and Asian Le Mans Series. Las Motorsport pools the ressources of Adess, Sora Racing and Sébastien Loeb Racing

Wed. 03.12.2014 / 18h37

Britain's Greaves Motorsport, which won the LM P2 class at Le Mans and in the European Le Mans Series in 2011, will run a Ginetta-Juno LM P3 prototype in 2015. Bradley Smith has been named as one of the drivers.

Sun. 30.11.2014 / 22h44

Mark Webber was conscious and alert after his accident according to official information. Toyota (Manufacturers), Ferrari (GT Manufacturers) and SMP Racing (LM P2 Teams) all secured 2014 WEC titles with Michelin.

Sun. 30.11.2014 / 21h43

Mark Webber suffered a big crash in the N°20 Porsche 27 minutes from the end of the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo. The Australian left the scene of the accident in an ambulance. The N°90 Ferrari (Cressoni) was also involved in the incident.

15 minutes to the start of the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo. 40°C on track, but storms threatening. Bernhard, Lieb, Buemi, Tréluyer, Wurz, Di Grassi to start the race

Sun. 30.11.2014 / 14h33

Welcome to Sao Paulo for the final round of the 2014 FIA WEC championship. It's warm and sunny here at Interlagos. Lots of fans for the autograph signing session, Emerson Fittipaldi is a mega star!

Tue. 25.11.2014 / 09h48

Porsche has announced that it will enter three LM P1 prototypes for next year's Le Mans 24 Hours. The driver line-up for the third car has yet to be revealed.

Wed. 19.11.2014 / 12h17

Following in the footsteps of two other former Le Mans winners, Henri Pescarolo and Jacky Ickx, the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours winner Romain Dumas has decided to take part in the Dakar. The Frenchman will contest January's event in a buggy.

Wed. 19.11.2014 / 12h16

Following its participation in this year's 6 Hours of Shanghai , the American team Extreme Speed Motorsports will enter two HPD-ARX-04b prototypes (LM P2) in next year's FIA World Endurance Championship.

Wed. 19.11.2014 / 10h37

The first Brazilian F1 world champion Emerson Fittipaldi is to make his racing comeback in a Ferrari LM GTE at the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo.

Tue. 18.11.2014 / 15h10

WEC (6 Hours of Sao Paulo): 26 cars are expected to race at the last round of the 2014 FIA WEC at Interlagos, Brazil.

Mon. 10.11.2014 / 21h23

Porsche Team has renewed its contacts with drivers Jani, Dumas, Lieb, Hartley, Webber and Bernhard for its 2015 LM P1 programme. There is no news about running a third car...

Thu. 06.11.2014 / 14h31

WEC (Bahrain): 27 cars are expected to contest the 6 Hours of Bahrain, penultimate round of the 2014 FIA WEC. Mike Conway returns in the N°7 Toyota. Nathanel Berthon and Simon Trummer to join Pierre Kaffer in the Lotus CLM P1/01. Abdulaziz Al-Faisal will team up with Rees and MacDowall in the N°99 Aston Martin. Return of the N°61 and N°81 AF Corse Ferraris in LM GTE Am.

Mon. 03.11.2014 / 15h45

6 Hours of Shanghai: Rebellion Racing's R-One/Michelin prototypes came first and second in LM P1-L after a relatively incident-free race in China. The only problem was when Nicolas Prost's drinks bottle smashed and damaged the radio. With nothing to drink, and without information from his team, the Frenchman managed to complete a double stint!

Tue. 28.10.2014 / 14h31

Stéphane Sarrazin won the weekend's Criterium des Cévennes (French championship) in a Ford Fiesta RS WRC/Michelin. He will take part in November's Tour de Corse (ERC) in an RRC version of the car.

Tue. 21.10.2014 / 16h19

WEC (6 Hours of Shanghai): a field of 29 cars is expected for the Chinese round (October 31-November 2). Nicolas Lapierre should be back behind the wheel of the N°8 Toyota TS040 Hybrid.

Sun. 19.10.2014 / 11h58

ELMS (4 Hours of Estoril, qualifying): another pole win for Zytek-Nissan Jota Sport (Tincknell), ahead of Thiriet by TDS Racing'sLigier JS P2. On the second row for the 1:30pm start (local time) will be the Alpine A450b and the Oreca03-Nissan of Murphy Prototypes.

Asian Le Mans Series (ALMS): there will eight cars at Shanghai for round three of the 2014 Asian Le Mans Series. They include two LM P2 prototypes (OAK Racing, Eurasia), two CN prototypes (Vaelon, Craft Bamboo) and four GTs (Team AAI, Clearwater). The race will start at 3pm local time on Saturday, October 11.

Tue. 07.10.2014 / 09h28

After securing the 2014 Tudor United SportCar Championship Teams' and Drivers' titles in the GTLM class, SRT Motorsports has withdrawn from racing. Chrysler Group LLC wishes to focus its energy on its road cars.

Mon. 06.10.2014 / 10h17

WEC: Nicolas Lapierre will not take part in next weekend's 6 Hours of Fuji for personal reasons. He will not be replaced in the N°8 Toyota TS040 Hybrid which will be shared by Anthony Davidson and Sébastien Buemi.

In addition to its one-two finish at Austin (WEC), Audi's successful weekend also saw it reap the Team title (with Belgian Audi Club WRT) and Drivers' crown (with Laurens Vanthoor) in the Blancpain Endurance Series after winning at the Nürburgring.

Mon. 22.09.2014 / 10h05

Nissan's GTR-LM Nismo LM P1-H prototype is expected to lap for the first time at a venue in the USA at the beginning of November. Its official presentation in Florida on December 8 will be followed by a test session at Sebring open to the public.

Mon. 22.09.2014 / 10h04

Krohn Racing announced at the weekend that it is going to trade its Ferrari 458 Italia for a Ligier JS P2 LM P2 prototype in 2015. The USA team's Ferrari N°57 (Krohn/Jonsson/Collins) came sixth in LM GTE Am at Austin.

Fri. 19.09.2014 / 19h07

Austin (WEC): The 6 Hours of the COTA’s third and final free practice session took place this morning (10:20am local time) in overcast but dry conditions. The fastest time was posted by the N°1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro (Di Grassi/Duval/Kristensen, 1m49.480s), ahead of the N°2 Audi and the N°14 Porsche 919 Hybrid (Dumas/Lieb/Jani). In LM P2, G-Drive Racing’s Oreca03-Nissan was the fastest car over the three sessions, while the two factory Aston Martins (N°97 and N°99) resumed control in the LM GTE Pro class.
The British team also dominated all three sessions in LM GTE Am.

Mon. 15.09.2014 / 21h00

There is no news yet about the 2015 WEC and ELMS calendars but the official pre-season test sessions will take place on March 23-24 (ELMS) and March 27-28 (WEC) at Le Castellet, France.

Sun. 14.09.2014 / 12h15

ELMS (Le Castellet, France), qualifying: Frenchman Nathanael Berthon qualified the Murphy Prototypes Oreca03-Nissan on pole position for the 4 Heures du Paul Ricard with a time of 1m47.837s. The result puts an end to three straight qualifying wins for Jota Sport (Zytek-Nissan).

Wed. 10.09.2014 / 18h15

WEC / TUSCC: Porsche drivers Nick Tandy, Jorg Bergmeister, Richard Lietz, Patrick Pilet and Fred Makowiecki face a busy day on September 20. In the
morning there will be a third 911 RSR/Michelin entered by Porsche North America followed by the 6 Hours of the Circuit of the Americas in the afternoon.

Wed. 10.09.2014 / 11h59

Luca Cordero di Montezemolo has resigned as President of Ferrari after 23 years in the position. He flagged away the cars for the start of the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours. He will be replaced by Sergio Marchionne, the current director of Fiat-Chrysler.

Thu. 04.09.2014 / 16h44

After testing the Peugeot 908 HDI at the end of 2011, Frenchman Frédéric Makowiecki is to get a chance to sample the Porsche 919 Hybrid LM P1-H prototype. Michael Christensen, 24, will also test the car.

Tue. 02.09.2014 / 18h10

Porsche-Manthey has changed its driver line-ups for the remainder of the FIA WEC. Frenchmen Patrick Pilet and Fred Makowiecki will now share the N°92 Porsche 911 RSR/Michelin, while Richard Lietz and Jorg Bergmeister drive the N°91 car. Marco Holzer is to focus on a development programme.

Tue. 02.09.2014 / 11h46

ELMS: A field of 38 cars is expected to contest the 4 Hours of Paul Ricard at Le Castellet, France, on September 13-14. The penultimate round of the 2014 European Le Mans Series has attracted an entry of of 10 LM P2 cars, 13 LM GTEs and 15 GTCs.

Thu. 28.08.2014 / 10h03

Seven cars have been entered for round two of the 2014 Asian Le Mans Series which takes place this weekend at Fuji, Japan. The chief battle promises to be between the LM P2 prototypes run by OAK Racing Total (Tung/Cheng/Ihara) and Eurasia Motorsport (Bradley/Harstshorne/Pu Jun Jin).

Tue. 26.08.2014 / 11h08

While André Lotterer was busy making his F1 debut at Spa (engine broken after two laps), Benoît Tréluyer was competing in the celebrated Aveyronnaise Classic enduro event (retired) and Marcel Fässler was driving an historic single-seater race car on the Lignières Historique in Switzerland (1st, Sprint Race).

Sun. 27.07.2014 / 18h34

The 66th 24 Hours of Spa was won by the N°1 Audi R8 LMS (Team WRT, Rast/Vanthoor/Winkelhock), ahead of the N°77 BMW Z4 (Marc VDS Racing, Luhr/Werner/Palttala) and the N°3 Audi R8 LMS (Team WRT, Mies/Stippler/Nash). The race was marred by a high number of incidents.

Fri. 25.07.2014 / 20h18

Belgium's Laurens Vanthoor posted the pole-winning time for the 2014 24 Hours of Spa in his Audi R8 LMS (Belgian Audi Club Team WRT). Alongside him on the front
row will be the N°50 Ferrari (AF Corse). The top 16 in the Super Pole shootout were covered by a single second. The race starts at 4:30pm local time Saturday.

Fri. 11.07.2014 / 16h36

After sitting out May's 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, Britain's RAM Racing has decided to pull out of the remainder of the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship.

Tue. 08.07.2014 / 20h05

After being appointed Vice-President Motorsport of Porsche AG on October 1, 2014, Dr. Franck-Steffen Walliser, 44, has also been named to replace Harmut Kristen as manager of Porsche's GT racing programme.

Tue. 01.07.2014 / 14h23

A big bravo to Romain Dumas, winner of this year's Pikes Peak driving a Norma prototype. The Frenchman posted a time of 9m5.801s to beat the Mitsubishi electric prototypes of Greg Tracy (9m8.188s) and Hiroshi Masuoka (9m12.204s)

Tue. 01.07.2014 / 14h08

The 83rd Le Mans 24 Hours will take place on June 13-14, 2015. It will be the seventh time since 1923 that the race will take place on these dates. The Test Day will be held on May 31.

Sat. 07.06.2014 / 15h36

Finally, there will only be 55 cars at Le Mans after all. Millennium Racing has definitively shelved its plan to run its Oreca-Nissan.

Mon. 02.06.2014 / 16h32

Nick Heidfeld crashed while entering the Porsche Curves five minutes from the end of Sunday's pre-Le Mans test day. Thanks to the new tech-pro barriers that have been positioned at this spot, the German was able to walk away from his car unhurt, while the chassis of the N°12 R-One didn't suffer any damage.

Le Mans 24 Hours: 36-year old Finn Markus Palttala (2013 Blancpain Series Teams champion) has been named to replace Matthieu Vaxivière (hurt in a World Series by Renault race) in the N°75 Porsche/Michelin (Prospeed) alongside Emmanuel Collard and François Perrodo. Palttala raced at Le Mans in 2010 and 2012.